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Another Porno Star

The Daily Beast was informed late Friday that porn star Jessica Drake is not allowed to discuss President Donald J. Trump on account of a non-disclosure agreement she signed barring her from any such talk. NDAs are often deployed as part of settlements to silence accusers.

Michael D. Cohen, President Trumpís longtime personal lawyer, said on Tuesday that he had paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a pornographic-film actress who had once claimed to have had an affair with Mr. Trump.

In the most detailed explanation of the 2016 payment made to the actress, Stephanie Clifford, Mr. Cohen, who worked as a counsel to the Trump Organization for more than a decade, said he was not reimbursed for the payment.

"Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly," Mr. Cohen said in a statement to The New York Times. "The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone."

He declined to answer several follow-up questions, including whether Mr. Trump had been aware that Mr. Cohen made the payment, why he made the payment or whether he had made similar payments to other people over the years.

Cohen's story has the ring of truth. Yes, it rings true. Anybody who has ever hired a lawyer knows that's the sort of generous thing they do for you. If it had been a payment from, or on behalf of, the Trump campaign, then that would have been a violation of campaign finance laws.

It's also smart politics. At a time when the White House is embroiled in a domestic abuse scandal, they can distract the press by pointing out that they paid hush money to a porno star.

Cohen's story has the ring of truth. Yes, it rings true. Anybody who has ever hired a lawyer knows that's the sort of generous thing they do for you. If it had been a payment from, or on behalf of, the Trump campaign, then that would have been a violation of campaign finance laws.

It's also smart politics. At a time when the White House is embroiled in a domestic abuse scandal, they can distract the press by pointing out that they paid hush money to a porno star.

HAHAHA, It is wicked smart. They get caught in one scandal the immediately pivot to a worse scandal. They're like firemen who spray kerosene instead of water

HAHAHA, It is wicked smart. They get caught in one scandal the immediately pivot to a worse scandal. They're like firemen who spray kerosene instead of water

Talk about surrounding yourself with stupid lawyers. Not only did this lawyer open himself and Trump up to criminal charges but this disclosure nullified the NDA and now this women involved says she's going to tell everything.